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Subject: Re: Potential Test Positions

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:14:28 04/14/03

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On April 14, 2003 at 15:15:48, Ulf Flörsheimer wrote:

>In a game between Shredder 7.04 and Chess Tiger 15 (ChessBase, style normal), 25
>minutes per game, no pondering, P4-2400, both 96 MB-Hashtables Chess Tiger made
>a big tactical mistake:
>
>[Event "Wettkampf P4-2400, Blitz:25'"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2003.04.14"]
>[Round "12"]
>[White "Chess Tiger 15.0"]
>[Black "Shredder 7.04"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "A80"]
>[PlyCount "52"]
>
>1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 O-O 8. a3
>Ne4 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Nb3 Qg5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qe2 Nf3+
>15. Kh1 Rf6 16. gxf3 exf3 17. Rg1 Qh5 18. Rg5 Qxg5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. Nd2 Rh6 21.
>Qg1 Rg6 22. Qf1 e5 23. Nxd5 Rg2 24. Nxf3 Bh3 25. Qd1 Rxf2 26. e4 Rf8 0-1
>
>Have a look on Tigers move 14. Qe2?? (eval.: -0.12 at depth 13, expecting Bd7):
>Tiger has absolutely no idea of the further Nf3+!! which ends the game.
>
>It takes Tiger more than 3 minutes to evaluate Qe2 with -0.62 (at depth 15),
>expecting Nf3+, where -0.62 is still a very optimistic. And it takes nearly 7
>minutes to find a slightly better move (Nb5, -0,44).
>
>I think this position could be helpful for further improvements of your
>impressive strong engine.
>
>Greetings
>Ulf

As suggested by Uri, here are some test positions:

1) Avoid 14.Qe2

[D]r1b2rk1/pp4pp/4p3/2Ppn1q1/4p3/PNN1P3/1PP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 14

Chessmaster 9000 (on a P3-733) gives up on Qe2 in less than a second, and
eventually settles on 14.Ne2:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.28	2205		14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rac8
0:00	1/3	0.32	3574		14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nd6
0:00	1/4	0.05	4908		14.Nb5 Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Nh4 16.g3
0:00	1/4	0.22	6196		14.Nd4 Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Nh4 16.g3 Ng6
0:00	1/4	0.25	6931		14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8
0:00	1/5	0.19	15189		14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.b4
0:00	1/5	0.21	21869		14.Nd4 Bd7 15.b4 Rae8 16.Qd2
0:00	1/6	0.25	46489		14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rae8 16.b4 Qh4
0:01	1/7	0.11	120168		14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.Nb3 b6
					17.cxb6 axb6
0:03	1/7	0.17	289979		14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nf4 Nf3+ 16.Kh1 Ne5
					17.Na5 b6 18.c6
0:06	1/8	0.13	552333		14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nf4 Nf3+ 16.Kh1 Ne5
					17.Nd4 Rae8 18.Qd2
0:19	1/9	0.18	1740953		14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nf4 Rac8 16.Qe2 Nf3+
					17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Nd4 Qf6
0:43	1/10	0.17	4057961		14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Nf4 Rac8 16.Nd4 Nf3+
					17.Nxf3 exf3 18.Qxf3 Rxc5 19.Qd1
					Rc4 20.Qe2 Rfc8

2) Best Move 14...Nf3+

[D]r1b2rk1/pp4pp/4p3/2Ppn1q1/4p3/PNN1P3/1PP1QPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 14

CM9000 chooses this move in 40 seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.21	1244		14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8
0:00	1/4	0.16	5006		14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.b4
0:00	1/5	0.23	17250		14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Nf3+ 16.Kh1 Nxd4
					17.exd4 Qf6 18.Rad1
0:00	1/6	0.14	74612		14...Bd7 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.a4 Qf6
					17.a5
0:03	1/7	0.01	275512		14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.b4 b6 17.Qa6
					bxc5 18.Nxe6 Nf3+ 19.Kh1
0:06	1/8	0.03	507382		14...Bd7 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.b4 b6 17.Nb3
					Nf3+ 18.Kh1 Ne5
0:33	1/9	-0.01	2887143		14...Bd7 15.a4 Be8 16.Rfc1 Bh5
					17.Qb5 Nf3+ 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.gxf3
					Bxf3+ 20.Kg1 Qg5+ 21.Kf1 Qg2+ 22.Ke1
					Qxh2
0:40	1/9	-1.23	3552720		14...Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5
					17.h3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Nxd5 Re6
0:56	1/10	-1.48	5108875		14...Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5
					17.h3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Nxd5 Rh6
					20.Qc4 Kh8
1:24	2/11	-2.17	7949584		14...Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5
					17.h3 e5 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qc4+ Qf7
					20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Kg1 Rd7

3) Best Move 15...Rf6

[D]r1b2rk1/pp4pp/4p3/2Pp2q1/4p3/PNN1Pn2/1PP1QPPP/R4R1K b - - 0 15

CM9000 chooses this move in 5 seconds, but needs 10 seconds to give it a winning
score:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.38	1805		15...Ne5 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.Nd6
0:00	1/4	0.34	5195		15...Ne5 16.Nb5 Qf6 17.Nd6
0:00	1/4	0.31	12734		15...Bd7 16.c6 Nh4 17.g3
0:00	1/5	1.31	21135		15...Bd7 16.c6 Bxc6 17.gxf3 exf3
0:00	1/5	0.46	25391		15...Ne5 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.Nd6 Rab8
					18.Rad1
0:00	1/5	0.35	29588		15...Nh4 16.Rg1 Qf6 17.Nd4 Qxf2
					18.Raf1
0:00	1/6	0.48	52001		15...Nh4 16.Rg1 Qf6 17.Nd4 Bd7
					18.Qg4 Nf5 19.Nxf5 exf5
0:01	1/6	0.16	92413		15...Bd7 16.Nd4 Ne5 17.Kg1 Rac8
					18.b4
0:02	1/7	0.31	193324		15...Bd7 16.Nd4 Nh4 17.f4 exf3ep
					18.Nxf3 Nxf3 19.Rxf3 Rac8
0:05	1/7	0.18	467714		15...Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5 17.h3 Bd7 18.Rfd1
					Rc8 19.Nxf3 exf3
0:10	1/8	-1.23	952773		15...Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5 17.h3 e5 18.Nf5
					Bxf5 19.Nxd5 Re6
0:20	1/9	-1.63	1817902		15...Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5 17.h3 e5 18.Nf5
					Bxf5 19.Nxd5 Re6 20.Rfd1 Bxh3
0:42	1/10	-2.17	3902747		15...Rf6 16.Nd4 Qh5 17.h3 e5 18.Nxe4
					dxe4 19.Qc4+ Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7
					21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Kg1 Rd7

jm



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